- Jan 23, 2007
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I've been reading up a bit whether or not I should upgrade to nehalem when I read something in PC Magazine about Intel's next chips which are supposed to come out later this year Lynnfield and Havendale which are supposed to be for the more mainstream market.
Strangely I haven't heard anything about these new processors whether it be about pricing or architecture. However seems that there is a big change in them since the Havendale is supposed to have an integrated graphics core and Lynnfield is supposed to use some kind of IBEX chipset.
It makes me wonder though if these features will be useful for my purposes since you usually have to buy a graphics card anyways to play games. Onboard stuff hasn't cut it in the past, but maybe the integrated core will be fast enough.
Anyone heard any info about these chips or know anything about integrated graphics? I'm wondering if I should just upgrade now if these won't have anything to offer me.
Strangely I haven't heard anything about these new processors whether it be about pricing or architecture. However seems that there is a big change in them since the Havendale is supposed to have an integrated graphics core and Lynnfield is supposed to use some kind of IBEX chipset.
It makes me wonder though if these features will be useful for my purposes since you usually have to buy a graphics card anyways to play games. Onboard stuff hasn't cut it in the past, but maybe the integrated core will be fast enough.
Anyone heard any info about these chips or know anything about integrated graphics? I'm wondering if I should just upgrade now if these won't have anything to offer me.